Thursday evening news briefing: Labour destroyed documents that could have revealed Rayner’s living arrangements

Good evening. It has emerged that Labour destroyed documents that could have revealed where Angela Rayner claimed to be living when she applied to be a parliamentary candidate.

Elsewhere, Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, the former Scottish National Party chief executive, has been re-arrested as part of an investigation into the party’s finances.

Labour destroyed documents that could have revealed Rayner’s living arrangements

Ms Rayner is being investigated by police over claims that she broke electoral law by registering the wrong address as her permanent residence on the electoral register between 2010 and 2015. She was registered at her own house for those five years, while her husband at the time lived about a mile away.

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell re-arrested over SNP finances

Mr Murrell had previously been arrested in April last year in connection with the probe into the funding and finances of the party. A Police Scotland spokesman said: “A 59-year-old man has today, Thursday, 18 April, 2024, been re-arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.”

Iran threatens to build nuclear bomb if attacked by Israel

Iran said it could review its “nuclear doctrine” in an apparent threat to build an atomic bomb if attacked by Israel. It is the first time Iran has explicitly mentioned its suspected nuclear weapons program since it attacked Israel on the weekend.

Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines

Brexit | The European Union has proposed a freedom of movement-style deal for young Europeans to appeal to a future Labour government.

• Immigration | Downing Street appears to drop Rwanda flights pledge

• World | Qatar threatens to quit ‘exploited and abused’ Israel-Hamas peace talks

• Royals | Prince William promises to look after Princess of Wales on return to royal duties

• Politics | Police must investigate ex-Tory MP over £5,000 ‘ransom’ phone call, say Labour

• Devon | Boarding school pupil who broke roommates’ skulls with hammer claims he was sleepwalking, court told

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Comment and analysis

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• Ross Clark | Europe is revolting against the tyranny of electric cars

• Tom Harris | Scottish primary schools have been taken over by trans propagandists

• Richard Ekins | The Strasbourg court is engaging in an outrageous power grab

• Hamish de Bretton-Gordon | Ukraine’s frontline is collapsing – and Britain may soon be at war

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Business news: US billionaire Telegraph suitor to dramatically expand London office

Telegraph bidder and US billionaire Ken Griffin is dramatically expanding the size of his hedge fund’s London headquarters. US hedge fund Citadel and its sister market maker Citadel Securities, founded by Mr Griffin, are reportedly preparing to move into British Land’s new flagship skyscraper.

Live markets news: IMF chief quotes Churchill as she warns of global chaos

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Sport briefing: Today’s essential headlines

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• World | Fifa to hold talks over throwing Israel out of world football

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